Data is a big concern of the draft National e-Commerce Policy. Who controls the personal data that large e-com companies have come to access, can they exploit it, can such data be in non-Indian hands – all these questions have come into focus of the draft policy. And it has proposed setting up of a […]

China Telecom and Tata Communications come together on the Internet of Things (IoT) offering in the Chinese market, Mumbai-based group’s company in a statement Wednesday said. The partnership, according to it, would allow companies to deploy and manage IoT devices easily and cost-effectively within China and internationally across multiple industries, including consumer and industrial electronics […]

Google made a major announcement at the Games Developers Conference 2019 (GDC) by introducing its venture into the gaming industry. Nearly in line with what the speculations had been, Google launched Stadia, its new cloud-based gaming platform that relies on Chrome OS and Google servers to process memory-intensive files. Not only Google Stadia runs on […]

A US court in the state of California has dismissed lawsuit against Apple and Infosys over allegations that it abused the visa system to save money. The California federal judge nixed a whistleblower’s suit accusing Apple of bringing two trainers from India into the country using B-1 visas instead of the necessary and more expensive […]

The Indian Premier League (IPL) continues to be a magnet for brands to reach out to their consumers even as the TV broadcast industry is in the midst of its biggest change ever. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) new regulatory framework, which puts the power of choosing channels in the hands of the […]

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“For the last few weeks, there have been many news reports about Trai’s new regulation on cable television and DTH. For many years now, I have been an Airtel DTH user. I have received no communication (like phone or SMS) from Airtel regarding this. After seeing few ads from Star, Sony and Zee, I visited […]

On Dec 19, 2018, thousands of traders from various parts of the country staged a protest rally at New Delhi demanding that the centre should announce a policy on e-commerce and stop allowing FDI in retail trade and withdraw FDI in retail approved so far.

The financial performance of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) continues to deteriorate. The same is the situation with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL). With the exception of just two circles – Kerala and Andaman Nicobar – all the circles are in big losses.

The department of telecommunications (DoT) has taken a decision to be technology neutral in all the USO funded projects. Henceforth, it will specify only Quality of Service “QoS” for Voice & Data (speed) as per Trai’s regulations. The bidders would be free to quote their own solution and the company quoting lowest Viability Gap Funding […]

Within 2 years of the aggressive launch of 4G services by Reliance Jio (Sep 2016 to Sep 2018), the number of 4G customers in the country has crossed 38.74 crore providing 4G-LTE access to over 88 per cent of the population. Maharashtra has the highest

In 2018, only in three circles – Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and J&K – on actual testing, a total of 49 towers sites were found to be having radiation level in excess of prescribed limits. Surprisingly, only in three more circles – West Bengal, Maharashtra and North East – radiation levels were found to be in […]

Trai has been receiving complaints for call drops from consumers of various Telecom Service Providers (TSPs). Bharti Airtel tops the list with 543 complaints in CY 2018. In order to assess the network quality of mobile services of TSPs, Trai has been regularly conducting Independent Drive Tests (IDTs) in cities, highways & rail routes.

On Dec 21, 2018, Trai has filed appeal in the Supreme Court against TDSAT’s judgement dated Dec 13, 2018 on predatory pricing and discounted offers, arguing that it dismantles the regulatory framework for tariff assessment and places consumers at the mercy of service providers. It has also asserted that the tribunal’s judgment hinders it from […]

Although lower than major markets like the US, UK and European countries, video streaming platform Netflix is priced higher in India than six other countries, including Japan and Canada. According to a research report by Comparitech.com, Netflix’s India monthly subscription plan, which begins from Rs 500, is the 7th cheapest among the list.

Trai has challenged a single bench ruling before a division bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice VK Rao that phone tapping was carried out by law enforcement agencies and this information cannot be accessed by it from the service providers. It also contended that accessing such information and then disclosing it to the […]

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Data is a big concern of the draft National e-Commerce Policy. Who controls the personal data that large e-com companies have come to access, can they exploit it, can such data be in non-Indian hands – all these questions have come into focus of the draft policy. And it has proposed setting up of a […]